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Hydroelectricity
By Hayley Arias, Alyssa Bohman, and Cailin Uecker
What is hydroelectricity?

Hydroelectricity is energy pumped through water turbines, it is similar to how wind energy is used.

What are some disadvantages of using hydroelectricity?

A disadvantage of hydroelectricity is hydroelectricity power plants are hard to build, and are very expensive. Dams can be dangerous to towns that live close, or downstream to them. Flooding can kill, plant, animals and people. Dams can mess up erosion.

What are some advantages of using hydroelectricity?

Some advantages of using hydroelectricity are water is free and water is renewable, and there are no hydro emmisions coming from hydroelectric, and hydroelectric powerplants do not cost too much money.

How does hydroelectricity effect our everyday life?
Hydroelectricity effects our everyday lives because the hydroelectric schemes create reservoirs that provide faculties for water sports. These become major tourist attractions.

These are some facts about our topic:

1. The hydroelectric power station has been up and running since 1882 this power station was located in the state of Wisconsin and it was generated by the Fox River.​

2.Hydroelectricity is used in a lot of countries around the world most every region uses hydroelectric power.

Cited Sources

[http://www.energyrefuge.com/archives/hydro-electricity.htm
http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/6194-energy-hydroelectricity-video.htm

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This is a hydroelectric power plant. Hydroelectricity is powered by water.

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Hydroelectricity!



Electricity produced from generators driven by water turbines that convert the energy in fast-flowing water to mechanical energy. Water at a higher elevation flows downward through large tunnels (penstocks). The falling water moves turbines, which power the generators, those convert the turbines' energy into electricity. Click on the blue text to see what it meens.

Energy Facts

Order from highest energy usage to least.

Hydropower generates about 24 percent of the world's energy and 12 percent of the United States' electricity. Shown here are the massive turbines inside a hydropower plant along Washington state's Spokane River.

This is a good diagram of a hydroelectric generator. The bigger the hieght difference between the upstream and the downstream water level,the greater the amount of electricity generated.

Country	Fraction	Decimal	Percent
United States	3,892,000,000,000 17,154,402,852,000	.2269	23%
United Kingdom	348,500,000,000 17,154,402,852,000	.0203	2%
Thailand	123,900,000,000 17,154,402,852,000	.0072	.7%
Panama	4,768,000,000 17,154,402,852,000	.1	1%

Country	Population	Energy Use Per Person
United States	304,059,724	12800.1169 per person
United Kingdom	60,975,400	5715.4197 per person
Thailand	62,323,706	1988.0076 per person
Panama	3,283,959	1451.906 per person